Privatization
Trends, Interplay of Forces, and Lessons Learned
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6328784 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Paul Seidenstat (Temple University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1996 |
| Volume | 24 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 464-477 |
| Publication date | 1996-09-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Policy Studies Journal (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0190-292X • E-ISSN: 1541-0072 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/j.1541-0072.1996.tb01640.x |
| OpenAlex | W1975655785 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 4 |
| References cited | 8 |
The privatization of government services, especially by utilizing the contracting‐out mode, has accelerated in recent years in the United States, particularly at the state and local level. Shifts in the relative strength of forces in a political coalition model underlay the trend. There have been several benefits of privatization, especially cost containment and quality enhancement. The recent history of privatization provides a number of lessons to guide future privatization policy
Business · Economic system · Economics · Government (linguistics · Political science · Politics · Power (physics · Public economics · Quality (philosophy · State (computer science · Underlay · Public-Private Partnership Projects
| Unique citing works | 4 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,15 |
| Citation span | 1999 - 2007 (9) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 4 |